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Synod InformationAT GENEVA COLLEGEJune 12-18. 1971Beaver Falls, Pa. 15010Ph.412-846-5100Room and Board InformationSaturday evening supper through Friday eveningsupperRoom and Board 28.00Board Only 17.25Room Only 11,00Charge for single room request 1.00Room includes one set of bed linen, blanket, towels,and soap.Part-Time Charges:Room 1st night 2.75Room each additional night 1.60Meals Breakfast RegularLunchCafeteriaDinnerPricesMY BIBLENo extra charge for room Friday night, June 18, ifneeded.If any committee is planning to meet prior to Synodand needs sleeping rooms and or meeting rooms, pleaselet us know as far in advance as possible.Delegates will be met at Greater Pittsburgh Airporton Saturday, providing you notify us ahead of time. Youwill be met in the lounge near the T.W.A. desk by driverswearing a badge. If we cannot meet you at the exact timewe will inform you of the time that you will be met.Synod meetings will be in air-conditioned groundfloor lecture room of Science and Engineering Building.Open meetings will be in Old Main Chapel.Please send your requests for room and board to Mr.McConaughy immediately and include your arrival time ifyou plan to fly.(PARTIV)by Rev. Robert More, Jr.Pastor of Almonte R. P. Church, CanadaTHE NEW A MERICAN STAN DA RD BIBLEThere is little dispute that Bible publishers todaystress the paraphrase style. It is therefore a joyful daywhen an accurate, Bible-honoring translation appears. It'sa double joy too when the version receives the bestfeatures and enduring qualities of the older translations.Into this tradition the new American Standard Bible fits.It is a magnificently careful translation. It also incorporatesthe finest features of the King James and theAmerican Standard Bible of 1901 while improving on theirweaknesses.The entire Bible will soon be available; heretoforeonly the New Testament has been published. The hardback edition was originally published by Moody Press ofChicago in 1963. The New York Bible Society ( 5 East48th Street, New York) issued a paperback edition acouple of years ago, which sells for about fifty cents. Thename of this edition (containing only the text, not thecross references and Greek explanatory notes) is TheDynamite of God, alluding to Romans 1:16.The backbone of the publication is shown by theforeword. "The New American Standard Bible has beenproduced with the conviction that the words of Scriptureas originally penned in the Hebrew and Greek were inspiredby God. Being the eternal Word of God, the HolyScriptures speak with fresh power to each generation...."That this is a translation is evident from manyconsiderations. Some of its commendable features are thefollowing.Imperfect tenses. English verb tenses generallycopy the Greek tenses. The English tendency, however,is 10 blur the delicate differences between the presenttense, the on-going past tense (imperfect), the completedpast tense (the basic nature of the aorist), and theprogressive past to present (perfect tense). This version isespecially conscientious in rendering the imperfect andaorist tenses. Examples of the imperfect properly renderedare found in Matthew 9:35, Luke 7:6, John 5:9, andtwice in Acts 13:25. An accurate insight into the aorist isshown in Mark 6:20.Italics. This is one of the few modern versions thatitalicizes what the English translator must add in order tomake good English. Practically all others simply addwithout notifying the reader what was Scripturally writtenand what was inserted. Now admittedly adding italics is atedious, difficult task — for grammatical reasons — stillitis very wise for the reader to be able to ascertain whatGod's Word is and what the translator added. There areso many verses with italics that none need to be cited hereto illustrate.Positive and Negative 'Not. In the Greek oneAPRIL 28, 1971